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We now have a shot of the 2-disc DVD back cover confirming the IMAX Scenes

Further Details:
Warner Home Video has announced 1-disc ($28.98), 2-disc ($34.99) and Blu-ray ($35.99) releases of The Dark Knight for the 9th December. As far as we know, no extra material will be included on the 1-disc release. The DVD and Blu-ray releases will include 6 action-packed IMAX Scenes (Prologue, Hong Kong, Armoured Car Chase, Lamborghini Crash, Prewitt Building, Final Montage) a Gotham Uncovered documentary, featurettes (Batman Tech: The Incredible Gadgets and Tools, Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of The Dark Knight), 6 episodes of Gotham Cable's Premier News Program, galleries (The Joker Cards, Concept Art, Poster Art, Production Stills), trailers and TV spots. A limited edition set with Batpod will also be available. We've attached the official package artwork for each release below:

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27th September 2008 8:08#61

I hate to say it, but this to me just seems like a rushed-out in time for Christmas release. I'm pretty sure within a few months we'll see a much more comprehensive release, with regards to special features. I'm usually not really into commanteries, but I'd like a Christopher Nolan commantary, I think that's inevitable though... I'll probably still end up getting this, I usually have little problem with doudle-dipping...

27th September 2008 15:24#73

I wish the 2-disc DVD slipcover had the same blue top-bar as the cover did, the orange is just weird.

And in regards to double-dipping, I think that's inevitable, but I also think that no one cares, and everyone will buy whatever it is anyway. I just hope it has lots of nice, NEW special features, unlike the Batman Begins limited edition this year (which, yes, I did buy anyway) and those 300 and I Am Legend box sets.

And for those who were wondering about the 2005 DVD release of Begins, it had a 1-disc release, and two different 2-disc ones, one with a mini-graphic novel, one without. The only other re-releases of that film have been this year, with the DVD and BluRay limited edition sets (and the regular BluRay).

27th September 2008 16:52#77

mc_serenity wrote: Billy Gates wrote: Getting the Blu-ray, that's all I gotta say. Loving the artwork. It's all great. I've seen it only twice in theaters. Once in IMAX and once at the theater I work at (which only has digital projection, but still looked good).

Before "Dark Knight" came out, cinematographer Wally Pfister and director Chris Nolan discouraged people to not see the digital projection showings because they dub it "muddy" and not detailed enough for 2K projectors (they wanted people to see the 4K resolution of regular film and that there were hardly any digital projectors that projected in 4K).

It seemed perfectly crisp and beautiful to me. I hope Pfister and Nolan supervised the DVD transfer for TDK as they did for the Blu-ray release. DVD is still the biggest part of the home video market, as Blu is still a growing niche market for now.

Yeah, I prefer 35mm film presentation still but my theater doesn't show movies in 35mm anymore unless absolutely necessary (for the rare independent film that comes in or what not). It's sad, because some of the movies I've watched in digital presentation were ruined because of it. 35mm is always gonna be my preference, which is why I liked the IMAX version because it was a 70mm print.

27th September 2008 17:35#79

I wished the 2-disc DVD art was reversible as opposed to a slipcover over a regular Amaray case. It'd save paper and keep me from being tempted to throw the slipcover away.

And it's disappointing to see that once again, WB has failed to give even "The Dark Knight" (which is their highest-grossing film domestically) the Batman Anthology treatment -- DTS audio, director's commentary, character profiles and a thorough overview on every detail of the production. The release looks like a slight improvement over BB in terms of extras, but this is HIGHLY disappointing.

If Chris Nolan didn't want to do a commentary, why not pair up his brother Jonah and Christian Bale up to do one?

27th September 2008 18:36#84

Alter_ryDen wrote: I hate to say it, but this to me just seems like a rushed-out in time for Christmas release. I'm pretty sure within a few months we'll see a much more comprehensive release, with regards to special features. I'm usually not really into commanteries, but I'd like a Christopher Nolan commantary, I think that's inevitable though... I'll probably still end up getting this, I usually have little problem with doudle-dipping...

while i agree that there's bound to be a double dip, especially with its re-release in theaters this janurary, i dont see how this is rushed. summer movies always hit dvd during the following fall and this was the last of the summer movies to finally be announced and its being released the latest as well. i mean when you think about it, i'll be out on dvd/blu-ray almost 5months after its theatrical release which is actually a long wait these days. lol

though at the same time i am surprised, when i heard about the re-release in theaters i figured they'd wait after that to release it on home video since there was no official word or date and every other summer movie is set to come.

mc_serenity wrote: And it's disappointing to see that once again, WB has failed to give even "The Dark Knight" (which is their highest-grossing film domestically) the Batman Anthology treatment -- DTS audio, director's commentary, character profiles and a thorough overview on every detail of the production. The release looks like a slight improvement over BB in terms of extras, but this is HIGHLY disappointing.

well if the 3rd movie is truly the end of a trilogy like they supposedly want, i'm sure they'll make some big fancy trilogy box set one day and then both Begins and Dark Knight will be truly loaded. because i agree, as cool as the features are...you'd think there would be more.

27th September 2008 20:51#88

Man I love the 2 disc blu ray art! Nice how theres different pics on the case and slip cover! But damn it with the batpod exclusive! I wish it was the batpod that held the case or something... as it looks cool but would suck to bring to a friends.

27th September 2008 22:59#90

It really sucks, that you can only get the batpod in the blue-ray limited edition, I guess I have to buy the dvd and blue-ray limited edition, great marketing although very inconsiderate to the consummer. Greatest movie ever. God bless Mr Ledger's family, May he rest in peace.

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